Puzzle Hall Inn

Chess Night
2026-04-20 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-04-27 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-05-04 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-05-11 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-05-18 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-05-25 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

The Silver Reserve + Admiral Drowsy & The Narwals
2026-04-23 20:00 - 22:00
Matthew Sturgess, who performs as ‘The Silver Reserve’, plays delicate, sparse music on a classical guitar, crafting intricate melodies around thoughtful and evocative lyrics. At times creating dense, layered atmospherics, this is music that doesn’t rush and takes its sweet, sad time to unfurl and sneak under the skin.
“I have fallen in love with The Silver Reserve. Songs of warmth and beauty that scratch at the inside of your heart. In a world that sits heavy on your chest, this is music that reminds you how to breathe.’ Thea Gilmore (Cooking Vinyl)
”Beautiful, fragmentary songs which slowly dismantle you.” Seamus Fogarty (Domino Records/Fence Collective)
“The Silver Reserve is beautiful as fuck and funny as fuck and beautiful as fuck.” Kathryn Joseph (Rock Action Records)
https://thesilverreserve.bandcamp.com/
Admiral Drowsy is the song writing veneer of Luke Redfern Scott. After a lenthly time overseas, Luke is currently back in West Yorkshire and has reconvened with a group of old friends forming a new band creating music with numerous guitars, drums, a few synthesisers and other potential oddities. His music has an unsettling dream-folk quality with expressive yet restrained vocials and an off kilter ambience all its own.
“Like Syd Barrett if he’d survived, straightened up and reverted back to literate and idiosyncratic folk-pop” – Elsewhere
“Challenging, adventurous and downright ominous mutant folk” – RNZ
https://admiraldrowsy1.bandcamp.com/…/industrial…
https://www.facebook.com/AdmiralDrowsy

French Fridays
2026-04-24 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-05-01 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-05-08 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-05-15 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-05-22 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-05-29 17:30 - 18:30
An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!

Bhajan Buoy + Piro + Dean McPhee + Bass Ritual DJ
2026-04-25 19:00 - 23:00
Bhajan Bhoy (Netherlands)Ever-evolving shoegaze guitar and psychedelic electronica from Ajay Saggar with new release on Cardinal Fuzz / Feeding Tube Recordshttps://bhajanbhoy.bandcamp.com/
Piró (Spain)Solo progressive raw post-folk guitar and singing from Zaragoza inspired by Richard Dawson and Sir Richard Bishop.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP4NHQIR7CM
Dean McPheeBradford’s cosmic ambient electric guitar pioneerhttps://deanmcphee.bandcamp.com/
plus Bass Ritual DJ set (140 / Dub / Jungle) for afters

7pm – late (live music finished in time for last trains to Leeds/Manc).
FREE ENTRY with donations for acts gratefully accepted
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Bhajan BhoyDrawing from a deep well of psychedelia, Bhajan Bhoy further shifts the parameters of the genre with a beautiful and meditative set of tracks. Within this kaleidoscopic sonic universe, you will find raga-esque excursions, meditative Dream House drone, Laurel Canyon-recalling folk, electronic soundscapes and heavy guitar riffola (sometimes two chords are enough!). This is the sound of freedom! Imagine Pandit Pran Nath, Spacemen 3, Pauline Oliveros and Don Cherry drinking psilocybin tea and letting loose in a studio.
“a unique soundworld broad enough to encompass wild psych-noise guitar, dream-pop lullabies, and futuristic drones with thrilling results” / Mojo Magazine
“With BHAJAN BHOY, Saggar synthesizes all of the stylistic approaches he’s explored over the years, swirling them into an intoxicating musical blend, with an earthy spirituality. Even the project’s name reflects the dual aspects of Saggar’s upbringing coming together in harmony. In Hindi, a “bhajan” is a devotional song, sung in the mandir, or temple, while “bhoy” is a Scottish and Irish derivation for a young man. There’s a searching quality to Bhajan Bhoy, as if Saggar is still hunting for transcendence with each track, whether through an expansive drone, an orchestral facility on the piano, or an electronics-augmented raga that threatens to dip into noise” (Erick Bradshaw / writer and WFMU DJ).
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Piró is the project of Alex, a musical individual from the fearsome city of extreme seasons and the cierzo wind, affectionately nicknamed Zaragoza. A proud member of the city’s struggling DIY scene, he finds his voice in an oasis called Arrebato. His melodies navigate folk music with diverse roots, primarily driven by the guitar.
His songs narrate the disillusionment of politics, the joy of humanity, and the non-accidental nature of anxiety, all infused with a deep love for the instrument.
“A self-confessed lover of Richard Dawson and Richard Bishop… although really it’s only because they’re named Richard, and basically, he adores every Richard in the world.”
https://md-us.bandcamp.com/…/es-mejor-prevenir-que-causar

PIRÓ — Inter Sopena en ARREBATO – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8bizHCfD8…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXbzn4J9aI…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNcIQ2FbE6Y…
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Dean McPhee plays a Fender Telecaster through a valve amp and subwoofer with kick drum and effects, and he is influenced by Dub, Modal Jazz, British Folk, Underground Electronic Music and Psychedelic Rock. A self-taught musician with a fluid technique and an inventive approach to sound, his music is melodic, hypnotic and trance-inducing with a deep sense of space.
Dean has toured the UK and Europe and opened for artists such as Thurston Moore, The Magic Band, Acid Mothers Temple, Michael Chapman, Meg Baird, Michael Hurley, Josephine Foster, Emeralds, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Charalambides and Wolf People. His music has received international radio play and has been acclaimed by the likes of MOJO Magazine, The Wire Magazine, Dusted, Louder than War, Uncut Magazine, Brainwashed and The Quietus.
“At any given time, there are always a handful of visionary guitarists who carve out their own compelling and distinctive niche, as well as many more who exhibit virtuosic technique or write consistently great songs. McPhee’s work checks off all three of those boxes, but his greatest moments reach another plane altogether where it feels like he is channeling something much deeper, more timeless, and almost supernatural”(Anthony D’Amico, Brainwashed)
“Set within an electric ancestry that includes Michael Karoli’s solos in Can, the hymnal rock of Popol Vuh’s Daniel Fichelscher and the sonic spaciousness of dub, as well as the emotional punch of John Martyn’s dawn-lit Echoplex epic, ‘Small Hours’.” (Frances Morgan, The Quietus)
“Definitely one of the leading contemporary guitar stylists in the UK, and in the world”(Steve Barker, BBC ‘On the Wire’)

Jazz Night with the Ben Crossland Quartet
2026-04-30 20:00 - 23:00
8.15pm start – Free admission, Collection towards the band taken; Please be generous if you can…
BEN CROSLAND QUARTET
‘Wooltown Reflections‘ tour
Featuring special guest, trumpeter Steve Waterman
Celebrating 20 years since the band was formed, the band is still made up of Rod Mason saxophones, Dean Stockdale piano, & Dave Tyas drums, all leading figures on the northern jazz scene.The band will feature material by contemporary composers including Jaco Pastorius, Bob Mintzer, Mike Mainieri and Don Grolnick as well as originals penned by Crosland, including several of his arrangements of the iconic songs of the legendary Kinks’ songwriter Ray Davies featured on his album ‘The Ray Davies Songbook’.
“…the album swings consistently…with this sharp, cogent collection, a dedicated follower of Ray Davies has made him a well-respected jazz composer too.’ The Times
‘Excellent bassist/bandleader’ – The Guardian
‘Fluid and inventive contemporary bassist’ The Independent
‘His compositions are colourful, beguiling and thoroughly musical’ Mark Gilbert, Jazz Journal International
‘An unaffectedly lyrical composer of direct and evocative melodies that draw in the uninitiated and jazz cognoscenti alike’ – John Fordham. London Jazz News
Trains:If you’re travelling towards Halifax / Bradford / Leeds, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 00.03.
If you’re travelling up the Calder Valley, and onwards to Manchester, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 23.22.
Please allow 15 minutes to walk from the pub to the station, and please check, on the day of travel, that the times have not changed, or that strike actions are being planned.
Bus:There’s a 579 bus to Halifax that leaves Station Road at 23.48, just a few minutes’ walk from the Pub, however, give yourself plenty of time, as it’s the last bus, it can be pretty sharp in setting off.

Rosh + Rebecca Spooner
2026-05-01 20:00 - 22:00
ROSH is a Sheffield based jazz -folk group based around singer-songwriter Roshan Lal. With their intricate orchestration, jazz-inflected rhythms and multi-layer harmonies they create a sound both fragile and beautiful yet full of energy and invention.
‘Beautiful stuff… warm folk music’ – BBC Introducing
“Intimate and warm not to mention fantastically talented” – Sydney and Matilda
https://www.facebook.com/RoshLalMusic/
https://roshlalmusic.bandcamp.com/

Rebecca Spooner’s ruminative, contemporary folk songs lie somewhere between folk and pop – honest, a bit scruffy, and homemade,they’re sometimes sad, sometimes optimistic but always truthful. The quiet confidence of her storytelling and broad versatility of her acoustic guitar technique make her a local talent which is ready to soar.
“folk-led sentiments expressed through a buoyant pop vernacular bringing to mind the haziest shades of Suzanna Vega or the melodious jangle of Fairground Attraction” – Dirty Sunbeams
“Raw, intimate, and unafraid to sit with emotional discomfort, Rebecca Spooner is often reminiscent to the talents of Joni Mitchell and Laura Marling” – Amazing Radio
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100071647688374
https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccaspooner/videos
https://rebeccaspooner.bandcamp.com/

Bone Wars + Leo Brazil
2026-05-02 21:00 - 23:00
Brought to you by millions of years of evolution: Bone Wars are a fearsome new psych rock quartet from Yorkshire.

Acoustic Singaround Session
2026-05-03 13:00 - 16:00
Join us at the Puzzle Hall Inn, the 1st Sunday of each month for an acoustic afternoon informal singaround. All persons of all ages and skill levels welcome.
Hosting, will be the incredible Dave CalvertIn his own words: “Everyone is welcome to come along and sing, play, join in or just listen, the beer is great, as is the atmosphere. Its a lovingly restored, community owned pub which is continuing it’s long history of music events.”
Entry is free, hope to see you there.

Folk Night with Jack Rutter
2026-05-07 20:00 - 23:00
May’s LORE sees a rare whites-of-the-eyes-intimate show for highly acclaimed Huddersfield-based folk singer JACK RUTTER.
Our events also feature floor-spots for local folk singers and musicians (with priority for new contributors); so please join us, and perhaps join in!
Entry to this and most other Puzzle Hall Inn events is free; we also invite voluntary contributions from the audience across the evening to further support the artists that we are hosting.
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Yorkshire folk singer Jack Rutter has established himself as one of the standout voices of the folk, roots and acoustic music scene in recent years.
A hugely engaging stage presence, his soaring vocal, powerhouse guitar and bouzouki playing and masterful arrangements of traditional songs and contemporary covers have enthralled audiences from the largest festival main stages to the most intimate folk clubs.
This year sees the release of his critically acclaimed third album This Is Something Constant, a compelling and spellbinding showcase of gripping story ballads and upbeat festival-stage firecrackers, perfectly pitched and delivered with soaring, crystal clear vocals that breathe new life into ancient tales.
‘Jack Rutter is one of the most enthralling folk singers, guitarists & musicians on the British folk scene today – with This Is Something Constant, the final release in a trilogy, he has hit the highest watermark to date.’ – Folk Radio UK
‘Singular and compelling; one of the finest singers in folk today.’ – Songlines
★★★★ – MOJO
‘We come to the album on the back of a stirring solo set at Manchester Folk Festival, when Jack fired out a volley of songs that took no prisoners and demanded the attention of a late-night club crowd. The fact that he’s armed with a powerhouse of an acoustic Gibson that’s his main weapon of choice which he brandishes with glee, makes him a potent performer.’ – Louder Than War Magazine
‘A fabulous album – like the first time I heard Martin Carthy on disc I’m enthralled by every track’ – Mike Harding
‘Jack says the album’s title is about the longevity and lasting truth of folk songs, and on this classic album, he tells it like it is. Quality like this lasts, it is one for the long road.’ – Irish Music Magazine
‘An outstanding performer.’ – The Independent

Raintown Seers
2026-05-09 21:00 - 23:00
Originally formed in mid-2012, 5 piece Raintown Seers have roots in the folk traditions of both sides of the Atlantic and play a mix of classic and original Americana. Each member brings with them their own rich and lengthy musical experience from playing in ceilidh bands, folk bands, Morris sides, country, blues and rock groups. With these considerable diverse influences and instrumental skills they create something together which is at times joyously rollicking at other times bruised and tender but always a pleasure to hear.
“It’s not hard to see why they have become such a live favourite” – Americana UK
“Whether you’re drawn to lyrical storytelling or acoustic craftsmanship Raintown Seers manage to cover a lot of musical ground without sounding derivative creating a cross-cultural dialogue that feels both timeless and timely” – Fatea Magazine
https://www.facebook.com/RaintownSeersUK/
https://raintownseers.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.youtube.com/+@raintownseers

Sarram + Futures We Lost
2026-05-12 20:00 - 22:00
S A R R A M is the instrumental avant-garde solo project of the Sardinian based Valerio Marras. He creates crushing yet graceful compositions where electro-doom,heavy ambient, drone-jazz and minimal post-rock blend to invite the listener on an intense sound journey.
“A sonic adventure filled with highs and lows that will challenge your very subconscious.” – The Sleeping Shaman
“Sarram is not just engaging, but intense, emotionally vulnerable, and beautiful, such that it pulls the listener back, to pay attention” – Angry Metal Guy
www.facebook.com/sarramproject
https://sarram.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwWomUqOyPA&t=1107s
FUTURES WE LOST is the dark post-industrial, cinematic techno soundscape of electronic artist and producer Doug Gordon. Rising from the ashes of 2020’s grief and inspired by the artist’s ancestral roots under the crumbling mills and industrial scars of the northern English landscape his music explores these post-industrial graveyards and dystopian future visions through the lens of our present day neo technological horrors. Sometimes a brutalist techno monolith to this mechanised slavery nightmare, sometimes a dark ambient soundtrack to the distortion and living death of our dreams. A sonic memorial to all those futures we lost…
“A blend of dark ambient, hauntronica and witch house, this hallucinatory,warped and fractured sound is music for forgotten places and fading thoughts” – The Brutalist
https://www.futureswelost.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089817341744#
https://futureswelost.bandcamp.com/album/futures-we-lost

Anta + Nope.O
2026-05-14 20:00 - 22:00
ANTA (Bristol) Loud and heavy organ-led instrumental progressive post-rock FFO Magma, Tarkus era ELP, big riffs. Ears still ringing from their last gig here in 2024. https://anta.bandcamp.com/album/organesson NOPE.0 One-note-wonder double-drumming repeato-rock ‘supergroup’ revisit their early stuff feat. members of Lands & Body/That Fucking Tank, Cowtown, Mucky Sailor and Holodrum. Also very loud. https://obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/track/weird-staff-demo at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2RF 8pm – 10pm FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted. Done in time for trains back to Leeds / Manc.
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ANTA “We’re old and familiar friends. These compositions represent the thing that happens when we get together. They aren’t representative of one individual, one moment in time, or one chain of decisions. Some are ancient refrains, beginning life as habits and warm-ups, in-jokes; others are distilled jams; more still are refined from MIDI sketches and ideas whistled into voice notes. On whatever terms these elements become something we’re happy to stand in front of you and play, to put on record, so be it.” So ANTA describe the process behind 2024’s Organesson. Characteristic of the Bristolian Sci-Prog quartet, the record weaves together mesmerising, muscular riffs in insanely loud compositions that extend well into excess. Less typical is the polarisation at play, where granular polymeters will yield in an instant to passages of one or two-note simplicity. The record strides from one raging refrain to the next, lurching between devastation, joy, chaos, and stirring the themes accumulated along the way in exposition. “It comes down to those precious sweaty hours” the group suggest, “in which we get to vibrate these sounds into your face and chest, and you can dance and laugh with us. This is the stuff we remember and plan for, the moments we talk about the most when writing these songs.” ANTA’s live shows, ceaseless onslaughts of deafening riffs, have been notable for maintaining the same intense energy among festival crowds or to three people in a basement. Walls of amps going full-pelt. Pounding, ornate drums and metals, wherein drummer James King is relentless in discovering strange and mighty rhythms. Full-drawbar organs, electric pianos, piercing synths from keys-man Alex Bertram-Powell. Joe Garcia’s growling bass that strides rather than walks. Ben Harris’ all-encompassing, dizzying guitars. Hypnotic, communal, compelling, indefinite energy. Organesson is the latest effort to put this feeling on record.
NOPE.0 Formed in 2008 as a side project for members of Leeds 6 DIY scene regulars That Fucking Tank and Mucky Sailor, NOPE was an umbrella for a rotating cast of friends and collaborators to play semi-improvised maximal-minimalist noise rock eventually settling into the quartet of Andy Abbott (guitar/synth), Steve Nuttall (drums), Jon Nash (Drums) and Patrick Dowson (vocals, synth, guitar). In this format they recorded two albums, 2012’s ‘Revision’ and 2014’s ‘Walker’, honing their own brand of long-form kraut and psych-inspired progressive repeato-rock. NOPE toured UK and Europe sharing stages with Richard Dawson, Nissenenmondai, Acid Mothers Temple, Owls, and a final gig with Boris in 2016. Ten years later they are returning in a stripped back form as NOPE.0 for a second revisit of their droning one-riff origins. http://www.yvonnecarmichael.com/nope2010/ https://obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/album/the-whitewood-sessions https://obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/album/revision https://obscenebabyauction.bandcamp.com/album/walker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNnToHufMjY “One of the most thrilling and intense bands residing in our fair, bustling city of Leeds. This ferocious four-piece mix in some of the meatiest, furry rock riffs to the riot of sound. I’ve heard literally tons of psych bands in the last few years. None have quite that verve, imagination, heaviosity or spirit NOPE have.” 9/10 Norman Records “Nope are masters at finding one brilliantly brain-lodging guitar hook and pounding it into the ground, extracting every last nuance and leaving it in a squalling mush.” The Skinny

Crosscut Saw
2026-05-16 21:00 - 23:00
Crosscut Saw return to the Puzzle.
Swamp blues power!
Free entry, donations towards events always welcome x

Calderdale Big Band
2026-05-17 16:00 - 19:00
Prepare for an afternoon of spectacular live music as the Calderdale Big Band returns to the Puzzle Hall Inn to launch the venue’s highly anticipated outdoor summer sessions.
Based in Ripponden and led by the “Mr. Halifax Sax” himself, Geoff Atherton, this formidable 20-piece powerhouse is known for its incredible range and energy. Their performance strikes a perfect balance between the “Roaring Classics” of Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald, and the contemporary “Electric Swing” and Jazz Fusion of Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, and the Average White Band.
With a staggering repertoire of over 250 songs—including unique “Rock Swing” covers of Paul Anka—there truly is something for everyone. Following last year’s capacity crowd, where the music echoed through the valley and the drinks were well and truly flowing, this is one gig and date definitely not to be missed.
Come along and support one of the region’s finest live ensembles at one of the north’s most iconic music venues for an unforgettable afternoon of entertainment.

Shrub + Jeanpool
2026-05-22 20:00 - 22:00
Shrub are a jangly art-pop group from Sheffield/Bristol who are determined to take you on a meandering jazzy tour of the universe from the vastness of post-apocalyptic galaxies, back down to your kitchen to pay homage to the profound comfort of a fruit bowl bursting with colour. Playful and whimsically psychedelic yet also unafraid to latch on to a funky groove imbued with the spirit of Tropicalia these art-pop boffins will have you bopping.
“Their lush vocal harmonies and gleeful sax solos will envelop you in a bubble of otherworldly delights, leaving you filled with a warm glow.” – Sydney and Matilda

https://shrub1.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/shrub.shrub.shrub/
https://www.youtube.com/@shrub.music.sheffield
Jeanpool are a four piece band from Leeds composed of women and gender non conforming musicians that harnesses heartfelt performances and catchy songwriting tackling themes of womanhood, queer love and northern life. Sonically they can range fron the bruised and tender to the stirringly anthemic and take influence from alt-rock, post-punk, and witty indie. Since the band started in 2025 they have been performing consistently and developing their presence in the Leeds music scene and hope to find more people they can pull into their musical world. So get on your finest double denim and get on down to the joyous indie party that is Jeanpool!
“A new, upcoming indie rock band from Leeds delivering raw, authentic performances with songs that just sound classic already” – Data Thistle
https://www.instagram.com/missjeanpool/
https://www.youtube.com/@Missjeanpool

Spring Puzzfest - Saturday
2026-05-23 16:00 - 23:00
Horsfly (18.00)
Horsfly are a country-punk quartet fronted by renowned roots musician Des Horsfall (Kuschty Rye) at the helm ably backed by James L Fildes on guitar/vocals, Charlie Griffiths on organ/piano and Martin Davies on drums. Collectively the band has worked with Pete Townshend, The Mighty Wah, Joe Ely, The Incident, Buchanan, Slim Chance, Black, Urban Jazz Guerillas, Grain Electric, Steve Earle, Little Chief and more. More Clash than Cash!
“Long Ryders meet Springsteen via Neil Young.You won’t want to miss this one ” – Data Thistle
“An american classic rock vibe quite similar to Tom Petty, these are well crafted songs with memorable melodies” – Louder Than War
The December Flowers (19.00)
The December Flowers blend Americana with the folk-tinged spaciousness of California psychedelia, a touch of British music hall pop, 60’s Wurlitzer organ-driven rock, and a hint of Nashville country. All seasoned musicians in their own right together they bring years of experience to their richly textured, sophisticated but playful sound.
https://thedecemberflowers.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thedecemberflowers/
https://thedecemberflowers.bandcamp.com/
“The December Flowers create a distinctive sound : rich, layered music that surpasses their individual talents.” – Americana UK
Outside The Box (20.00)
Outside the Box are a Calderdale based group featuring Mark Paramor on guitar, Justin Graham on accordion Daz Jones on bass and David Insua-cao on drums (and dulcimer). Coming from a background of ceilidh, strict time Scottish Competition, New Orleans Second Line Jazz, Folk and Punk bands they put their own feel to songs and tunes old and new. Add beautiful and full throated three part harmonies, Outside the Box bring foot tapping energy, glorious tunes and sing-along choruses.
https://outsidethebox1.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/outsidetheboxband3
Plot 32 (21.00)
Plot 32 are a high energy ska punk band from Leeds. Purveyors of their own unique brand of super-charged fun they’ll bring a smile to the face of even the most brassed off with their combination of gnarly guitar power and brass-tinged melodies.
https://plot32.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Plot32Band/
https://www.youtube.com/@Plot32Band
“Fun is something Plot 32 are experts at. One of my new favourite live bands and I can’t wait to see them again.” – Colin’s Punk Rock World
“These guys are nothing but fun, carnage , high energy punk and ska , an absolute delight.” Manchester Punk Festival

Spring Puzzfest - Sunday
2026-05-24 16:00 - 19:00
Doogle (17.00) are making waves with their mixture of classic indie pop hooks and youthful energy quickly becoming one of the North’s top independent talents. Initially the solo project of Joe Robinson, during 2023, bassist Harrison Hughes-Jones and drummer Aidan Phillis joined forces to take Doogle to new heights as a full band.
Playing venues such as Manchester Academy 3, Parish and The Grayston Unity, things have prospered and developed for Doogle. Now’s the time to catch them before the arenas beckon.
https://doogle.live/
https://www.instagram.com/dooglemusic/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QiF-hVpI38
“Doogle’s soulful vocals and evocative storytelling create a captivating and introspective listening experience both emotionally resonant and sonically rich” _ Tempo Magazine
Cavan Murphy’(16.00) is certainly no newcomer to the local music scene having gigged around West Yorkshire for the last five years, much of that time playing as a solo acoustic act, the teenage singer-songwriter from Boothtown pulled together a full band line-up in the summer of 2025 who have brought new strength’s to his songs. His songs combine the more melodious aspects of indie-pop flagbearers Los Campesinos! with the cheeky charm of early Arctic Monkeys.
https://www.instagram.com/cavanmurphymusic/
https://www.youtube.com/@cavanmurphymusic
“Vintage high-energy, urgent indie-rock that binds crunchy guitar and rattling drums.Stirring stuff, indeed.” – Dirty Sunbeams

Jazz Night with The Fergus Quill Quartet
2026-05-28 20:00 - 23:00
Fergus Quill is a composer and Improviser based in Leeds. He has gained a huge reputation for original compositions and projects that reflect an eclectic spectrum of influences ranging from Sidney Bechet to Boredoms.
He is the founder of Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band, a band known for their relentless enthusiasm, membership of 20-30 musicians and a punk ethos, earning them a reputation for explosive live performances that drag big band music kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.
Throughout 2025, the band toured nationally, and highlights included sold-out performances at Ronnie Scott’s, The Vortex and Howard Assembly Rooms, as well as appearances at Love Supreme Festival and the London, Manchester and Leeds Jazz Festivals.
For his gig here at the Puzzle, Fergus is bringing a scaled-down quartet, and will be featuring compositions from across all of his projects.
Bagging him is a real nod to the special reputation that the Puzzle has gained.
Fergus Quill bass,
Harvey Parkin-Christie saxophones,
Tom McEwan, guitar,
Louis Berthoud, drums.
8.15pm start.
Free admission, collection towards the band taken, please be generous if you can.

The 309s
2026-05-29 20:00 - 22:00
West Yorkshire 5 piece, The 309s, have spent the last 14 years rocking and rolling their swing jive repertoire at events all over the country. Think Hank Williams, Bob Wills and Louis Jordan joining forces to make a classic 20th century sound that is the roots of Rock and Roll. Crowds have danced the days and nights away to the 309s’ beat at an extraordinary range of festivals and gigs such as Hebden Bridge Folk and Roots Festival, Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Moor and Coast Weekend Whitby and now you can too at The Puzzle Hall Inn!
http://www.the309s.com/
https://www.facebook.com/the309s/
https://www.youtube.com/@the309sband3
“The 309s are first class, hard-working musicians and deserve every encouragement through these hard times.”– Maverick Magazine.
“What if paradise was hidden in the Yorkshire moors? Well with this English quintets’ music you’re nearly there. You’ll rock and swing with jubilation all the way through” – Cri Du Coyote, France
“Optimistic, ironic, lively and very, very danceable.” – How Do Magazine

What Goes On
2026-05-30 20:00 - 23:30
Spring has officially sprung, and the Sneeze DJs will be returning to the Puzzle for a third instalment of What Goes On.Expect an eclectic mix of Psych, Funk, Ska, Hip-Hop, New Wave and Mutant Disco
